PROCLAMATION

Of the City of New Haven

Celebrating 100th Anniversary
United States Department of Labor
1913-2013

WHEREAS, for the past 100 years, the United States Department of Labor has fostered,
promoted, and developed the welfare of wage earners, job seekers, and retirees
of this country; and

WHEREAS, the United States Department of Labor has continually sought to make the
American workplace safer, healthier and fairer for everyone; and

WHEREAS, working families in the City of New Haven, across the country, and across the
world have benefitted from the United States Department of Labor's efforts to
assure work-related benefits and rights, including the right to be paid fairly for
every hour labored; and

WHEREAS, the United States Department of Labor has evolved to meet the changing needs
of a changing workforce by partnering with employers, community organizations
and institutions of higher learning to improve job training, provide lifelong learning
opportunities and advance efforts for profitable employment; and

WHEREAS,the inestimable value of the services provided by the United States Department of
Labor will remain of paramount importance to the well-being of all Americans and
that it will address tomorrow's conditions, and meet the needs of future workers
with the same insight, foresight and passion it has shown for the past century; and

NOW, THEREFORE, do I, as Mayor of the City of New Haven, that I ask all residents of this community join me in celebrating Monday, March 4, 2013, as the Centennial Anniversary of the United States Department of Labor, I hereby proclaim: